6 Famous Pirate Ships | Mental Floss 6 Famous Pirate Ships Image credit: Like us on Facebook Somali pirates, who wield automatic weapons and attack unsuspecting victims from speedboats, are changing the way we think about pirates and pirate ships. While the most successful captains in pirate lore commanded ships that were smaller, faster, and less ornate than Disney's fictitious Black Pearl, Blackbeard didn't make his fortune in a rowboat either. Here's a look at six of the more famous pirate ships in history. 1. Adventure Galley Captained by Scottish sailor William Kidd, the 287-ton, three-mast Adventure Galley was launched along the Thames River in 1695. As part of a venture planned by New York Colonel Robert Livingston to curb attacks against British ships in the East Indies, Kidd was instructed to hunt down pirates and enemy French ships and steal their treasure and goods. To facilitate the mission, which was funded primarily by prominent English noblemen, the Adventure Galley was outfitted with 34 guns and 23 oars for maneuvering the ship in calm winds. Pirate hunting, it turned out, wasn't easy.

Kidd had agreed to pay back the investment if he didn't return any treasure, and when finding pirates proved too difficult, he resorted to attacking allied ships. Kidd abandoned the Adventure Galley, which had developed a rotten hull, off the coast of Madagascar in 1698. He hoped to receive a pardon from Livingston in New York, but was returned to London, found guilty of piracy, and executed in 1701. 2. Queen Anne's Revenge English pirate Edward Teach, more commonly known as Blackbeard, captured the Concorde, a French-owned slave ship, in the West Indies in 1717 and made the vessel his flagship. Slave ships, which often featured a central partition to protect the crew against a slave uprising, made good pirate ships because they were built for speed. Blackbeard added 26 guns to the vessel, which already boasted 14, making the renamed Queen Anne's Revenge one of the most powerful ships in American waters. In May 1718, Blackbeard blockaded the port of Charleston.

After looting five merchant vessels, he ran the Queen Anne's Revenge ashore on Topsail Inlet, and the ship suffered extensive damage when it slammed into the submerged sandbar. Given that Blackbeard knew the area well "“ he had sailed off the same coast the year before "“ many historians believe he wrecked the Queen Anne's Revenge deliberately in hopes of killing off some of his crew and increasing his share of the fortune. The ship was discovered in 1997 off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina, and marine archaeologists have been bringing up treasure from its remains ever since. 3. Fancy In May 1694, while stationed aboard the privateer Charles II off the coast of Spain, Henry Avery plotted a mutiny that would launch his new and short-lived career as a pirate. Following the successful takeover, Avery, who was a former Royal Navy midshipman, renamed the ship the Fancy and set out with his newly liberated crew to seek a fortune. Avery steered the Fancy, which boasted nearly 50 guns and a crew of 150, to the island of Johanna off the Cape of Good Hope. There, the ship was cleaned and restructured to increase her speed.

Avery and his crew terrorized ships in the Indian Ocean until late 1695, when they set sail for the Bahamas, enormous fortune in tow, for an early retirement. Governor Nicholas Trott offered refuge in exchange for treasure, including 1,000 pounds of ivory tusks, and Avery also presented Trott with the Fancy. While several of his men were later captured and sentenced to death, Avery vanished and died a free and wealthy man. 4. Whydah The Whydah was believed to hold treasure from more than 50 ships when it sank in a storm off the coast of Cape Cod on April 26, 1717. Professional treasure hunter Barry Clifford discovered the ship in 1984 and has since recovered more than 100,000 artifacts from the site. The Whydah was originally launched from London as a slave ship in 1715; the name was derived from the West African port of Ouidah in present day Benin. While navigating the Windward Passage between Cuba and Hispaniola on its second voyage, the Whydah was overrun by pirates led by "Black Sam" Bellamy, who claimed the vessel as his flagship.

Bellamy and his crew sailed north along the eastern coastline of the American colonies when they ran into a Nor'easter. The boat slammed into a sandbar, split, and sank. Of the ship's 146-man crew, only two survived. 5. Royal Fortune(s) If Bartholomew Roberts fathered any children during his adventures on the high seas, he may or may not have named all of them Royal Fortune. In July 1720, Roberts captured a French brigantine off the coast of Newfoundland. He outfitted the naval frigate with 26 cannons, renamed her the Good Fortune and headed south for the Caribbean, where the ship was repaired and renamed the Royal Fortune. Soon after, Roberts captured a French warship operated by the Governor of Martinique, renamed her the Royal Fortune and made the ship his new flagship. Roberts then set sail for West Africa, where he captured the Onslow, renamed her the Royal Fortune, and, well, you know the rest. Roberts died, and the final Royal Fortune sank, on February 10, 1722, in an attack by the British warship HMS Swallow. 6.

CSS Alabama Though technically a warship, the most destructive Confederate raider in history is worthy of a mention here. According to Stephen Fox's biography of the Alabama's captain, Ralph Semmes, the ship's destructive reputation once led the New York Herald to refer to Semmes as "A Pirate on the High Seas." Built in 1862 by Henry Laird, whose family's company also built 40 ships for the Royal Navy, the Alabama was designed for speed and deception. The ship was 220 feet long and 32 feet wide with room for 350 tons of coal. The Alabama's forward pivot gun fired 100-pound shells and the wheel of the ship was inscribed with a Confederate motto: "Help Yourself and God Will Help You." Semmes, who sailed under the veil of a Union or British flag, helped himself to any enemy ship that came into view. When Semmes seized control of another ship, he would lower his camouflage flag and raise a Confederate one. At its most destructive, the Alabama was burning an average of one Union ship every three days.

The Alabama was sunk by the Union ship Kearsarge off the Normandy coast on June 19, 1864, and discovered by a French sonar ship in 1984. Pirate Ship Galley - The Way of the Pirates The Way Of The Pirates Galley Pirate Ship Galley had a long history, dating back to the ancient times. They were used widely by the pirates of the Barbary Coast in the Mediterranean in the 15th and the 16th century. They were usually long and lean, with one or more masts rigged with the lateen sails. However, the main source of speed didn't come from the masts. It came from the oars rowed by salves or convicts below the flush deck. A galley had a shallow draft and only one deck. There were only few guns mounted because the attacks were usually based on manpower. Therefore, 100 or more pirates were always ready to overpower the other crew. Perhaps the most famous one was the “Adventure Galley”. It was made in England for Captain William Kidd 's privateering work in 1695.

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1645 - 1701) One of the most common misconceptions regarding USS KIDD (DD-661) is that of her namesake. She was in point of fact named after Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd, Sr., who was killed aboard USS ARIZONA at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on the U.S. Fleet on December 07, 1941. But when KIDD's first crew was busy outfitting the ship in the Brooklyn Navy Shipyards in March and April of 1943, they quickly adopted the legendary pirate William Kidd as their mascot. The image of a swashbuckling pirate was painted on both sides of the ship's forward smokestack and the skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger often flew from her mast. Throughout the course of World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War, the crews of USS KIDD became known as "the Pirates of the Pacific". Many a sea story revolve around the antics that transpired which led to that salty and rambunctious reputation. But who exactly was William Kidd, this romantic figure that could inspire such revelry some 300 years later?

Shipyard workers restore the pirate to the KIDD's forward stack in May or June of 1945. Little is known of William Kidd's early life prior to 1689. He was born in Scotland, reputedly in or near Greenock, around 1645. At some point in his youth, he took to the sea, eventually emigrating to America. By 1689, he was captain of the BLESSED WILLIAM, a privateer in the king's service, sailing against the French in the West Indies. He became a land-owner in the British colony of New York through his marriage to the twice-widowed Sarah Oort. A member of the congregation at Trinity Episcopal Church, he was a wealthy man who was also a confidant of the colonial governor, Colonel Benjamin Fletcher. In 1695, King William III of England relieved Colonel Fletcher of his duties as governor of New York. A contributing factor to his removal may have been his past dealings with well known pirates Thomas Tew and Henry Every. In his place, the King appointed the Earl of Bellomont, tasking him with the effort to remove piracy on the American coasts from New Jersey to Maine.

Piracy, however, was rampant on the eastern seas (i.e. the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf), with the East India Company losing vessels month after month. The King wished to end this crisis by striking at the pirates, yet war with France prohibited the Royal Navy from sending warships to chase them down. Painting of Captain William Kidd. Enter William Kidd on the scene, arriving in London in the summer of 1695 aboard his sloop ANTEGOA on a trading run from New York. While there, he chanced upon a meeting with Colonel Robert Livingston, a prominent New Yorker and an ambitious entrepreneur. Aware of the problems plaguing the Crown with regard to piracy, Livingston concocted a scheme for ending the piracy and, at the same time, making a profit. His proposal involved outfitting a specially built privateer to seek out the pirates, bring them to justice, and confiscate their booty. To do this, he needed two things: 1) financial backers to outfit the ship, who would recoup their investment in the form of profits from the captured pirate booty, and 2) a qualified privateer captain who could be trusted. For his ship captain, Livingston chose William Kidd.

Kidd was an honest merchant sea captain, and a former privateer in service to the King who knew the ways of pirates. For his backers, Livingston was able to entice five of the most powerful men in England: the Earl of Bellomont (governor of the colonial New York), the Earl of Romney (Master General of Ordnance), the Earl of Orford (First Lord of the Admiralty), Sir John Somers (Lord Keeper of the Great Seal), and the Duke of Shrewsbury (Secretary of State). Bellomont, Livingston, and Kidd signed the Articles of Agreement for the enterprise in October, 1695. Bellomont was to provide four-fifths of the cost of the project (which he obtained from the other four noblemen, who remained anonymous in these transactions), totalling £6,000. Kidd and Livingston together provided the remaining £1,500. As was tradition, the first 10 per cent of any profits from the venture went to the Crown.

The remaining amount would be split three ways: 60 per cent to the anonymous backers, 15 per cent to Kidd and Livingston together, and 25 per cent to the ship's crew. Normally, the crew was obliged to 60 per cent of any profits on a privateer vessel. Another stipulation also was added onto the Agreement: should no booty be obtained, Kidd and Livingston were to pay back every bit of the £6,000 that the backers had invested. Not long after signing the Agreement, Kidd received two special commissions. One was a letter of marque empowering him to capture any ships or goods belonging to France. The other was a commission from the King to seize pirates, but also included a warning that ". . . you do not, in any manner, offend or molest any of our Friends or Allies, their Ships or Subjects." The ship that Kidd and Livingston had outfitted was named the ADVENTURE GALLEY. She was launched at Deptford on the Thames River in December of 1695. At 287 tons, she mounted 34 guns, a large amount of sail, and carried 23 pairs of oars for maneuvering when the seas were calm with no wind.

For his crew, Kidd took great care in selecting men who would not turn to piracy. Nearly all 70 of them were married, with families in England. He planned to recruit the remaining 80 men in New York prior to sailing for the East. Bad luck, it seems, began with the onset of the voyage for Kidd. On March 01, 1696, barely a day out of London, the ADVENTURE GALLEY failed to salute a Royal Navy The ADVENTURE GALLEY Drawing by artist John Batchelor. yacht at Greenwich (as custom dictated) as she sailed down the Thames to the sea. When the yacht fired a shot to make him show respect, Kidd's crewmen, up in the yardarms handling sail, responded by slapping their backsides. Not long afterward, a man-of-war stopped him, boarded the ship, and impressed nearly all of his crew. With barely enough crew to man the ship, Kidd made landfall at New York in July, where he recruited more crewmen. However, the caliber of these men was far less than those he had lost to the Royal Navy. At this time, New York was still a hotbed of piracy.

To entice enough crewmen to sign on for the voyage, Kidd promised them 60 per cent of the bootyï¿½more than he was entitled to under the terms outlined in the Articles of Agreement. He sailed for the east coast of Africa in September of 1696. On December 12, 1696, after a long transatlantic voyage, Kidd encountered a Royal Navy squadron off the Cape of Good Hope, roughly 100 miles northwest of Capetown. He demanded of the squadron commander, Commodore Thomas Warren, some new sails to replace those lost in a storm during the voyage to Africa. When his demand was refused, he informed the commodore of his royal commission, which entitled him to aid. If the Navy refused to aid him, he continued, he would seize the sails from the first merchant vessel he encountered. After a heated debate, Commodore Warren threatened to impress 30 of his seamen the following morning. Not wishing to lose more crewmen as he had on the Thames, Kidd slipped away in the night via the use of the ADVENTURE GALLEY's oars.

He continued his voyage on into the Eastern Seas without making port at Capetown, for fear of being arrested. Upon reaching Johanna Island, an East Indiaman drew near the ADVENTURE GALLEY. The ship flew the Royal Navy pennant from her mast. Kidd somewhat arrogantlyï¿½and untactfullyï¿½informed the ship's captain to strike the pennant, as only he, Kidd, had the right to fly the pennant due to his royal commission. The Indiaman's crew were suspicious of Kidd, so much so that they kept their guns trained upon the ADVENTURE GALLEY throughout his stay, eventually warning him to leave harbor before they boarded him. After taking on water, he followed their suggestion and left port. Kidd's next stop was the nearby island of Mehila, in the Comoros. It was here, while work was being down on the ship, that 50 of his men fell ill and died in the space of a week. To this point, nearly a year after sailing from England, not a single penny had been earned from the voyage.

With provisions beginning to dwindle, the crewï¿½particularly the New York recruitsï¿½began openly advocating piracy. Kidd refused. On April 27, 1697, they set sail northward toward the Red Sea. In July, the ADVENTURE GALLEY anchored off the island of Perim at the mouth of the Red Sea, a favorite ambush point for pirates looking to take prizes from the Arab convoys leaving nearby Mocha. Mocha, at that time, was the chief port in Yemen for the coffee trade. From here, Kidd could strike at either pirates or foreign prizes. He sent several scouting parties in a small boat through the straits to Mocha. Finally, he received news that nearly 14 or 15 ships were making ready to sail. For three weeks, he waited, but no ships appeared. Finally, on August 14, the fleet sailed from Mocha. It was here that Kidd's quandary became evident. The problem with privateering was that most vessels flew whatever flag was convenient at the moment. Its true identity was near impossible to determine until the captain and crew felt comfortable in revealing their allegiance.

Should Kidd sack a supposedly enemy vessel and find it to be Dutch or English, rather than French, he would have committed an illegal act in the eyes of British law. However, if he did not act aggressively and pursue such opportunities, he would come home empty-handed and be obligated to repay his financial backers. And the sacking of Moorish vessels was itself a gray and questionable area. It was this gray area that Kidd sailed into the moment he entered into the agreement with Bellomont and Livingston nearly two years prior. Sailing after the Mocha fleet now, Kidd's dilemma grew only worse. The fleet, as it turned out, was neither composed of pirate nor French vessels. One of the escort vessels, an English East Indiaman by the name of SCEPTRE and commanded by Captain Edward Barlow, noticed one vessel too many in the convoy. As Kidd, now in the middle of the fleet, drew near, Barlow ordered the English colors hoisted, firing two or three shots at him. The ADVENTURE GALLEY, herself stalking a large Moorish merchant vessel, fired a broadside at her, hitting the merchant's hull, sails, and rigging. SCEPTRE gave chase and Kidd quickly retreated under sail and oars.

The ADVENTURE GALLEY was out of sight by morning. Kidd's prestige was quickly wanning in the eyes of his crew. Pressure increased on him to turn pirate. At the end of August off the Malabar Coast, Kidd encountered a small Moorish barque. The ship was commanded by an English captain, with a Portuguese mate on board, and manned by a Moorish crew. Though it was not a legitimate prize, he allowed his crewmen to board the barque and take a bale of pepper and a sack of coffee. He also impressed the English captain to join him, making him the ADVENTURE GALLEY's pilot, as well as the Portuguese mate, who was to serve as an interpreter. When he put into port for water at Karwar, on the Malibar Coast between Calicut and Goa, two English officers from the East India Company boarded his ship, demanding the release of these two men. Kidd, however, had locked them away in the hold away from prying eyes, and denied their existence. The officers left and shortly thereafter, two of Kidd's crewmen jumped ship, later making depositions to the East India Company in Bombay about Kidd's actions.

By the time that SCEPTRE and Captain Barlow reached Karwar on October 15, everyone was talking about the pirate chaser who had himself turned to piracy. Kidd was turned down when he attempted to acquire fresh water at Calicut, even after informing the port authorities of his commission from the King of England. He continued his cruise unabated. In early November, Kidd halted a cargo vessel sailing northward along the coast. The crew of the ADVENTURE GALLEY grew excited about the prospects of finally taking a prize. However, as they drew near, the merchantman, known by the somewhat ironic name of LOYAL CAPTAIN, was seen to be flying English colors. With all her papers in order, Kidd released the ship to go her own way. His crew was immediately infuriated, some drawing their weapons. Kidd faced them down, claiming that he had not come to take English nor lawful vessels. The mutiny faded out, but the ill temper of the crew did not.

On October 30, 1697, Kidd and gunner William Mooreï¿½who had been quite vocal in his opposition to his captainï¿½had a confrontation that ended with Kidd seizing an ironbound bucket and crashing it against Moore's head. Moore died the next day of a fractured skull. At the end of November, a ship by the name of MAIDEN, bound for Surat with a cargo of cotton, quilts, and sugar was stopped by Kidd and his crew. When Kidd hoisted the French flag as a ruse, MAIDEN responded in kind. Upon being boarded, the ship's skipper produced a French pass. Though the ship's officers were Dutch and her crew Moorish, their actions made Kidd believe that they were a legitimate prize. Setting the Moors free and selling the cargo on shore for cash and gold (which he passed out to his crew in direct abeyance of his contract), he renamed the ship NOVEMBER and took her along as a prize. As it turned out, the MAIDENï¿½now known as the NOVEMBERï¿½was actually Indian-owned.

In spite of the grayness of the area in which he was operating, according to the strict letter of the law, Kidd had now committed piracy. On December 28, 1697, Kidd seized a small ketch off the Malabar Coast. It was of Moorish allegiance. Twelve days later, he took a Portuguese ship. His take from these two vessels amounted to very little: a few tubs of candy, a sack of coffee, some gunpowder, opium, rice, iron, beeswax, and butter. But the most fateful prize was yet to come. On January 30, 1698, the ADVENTURE GALLEY encountered a 500-ton merchantman by the name of QUEDAH MERCHANT. She was Armenian-owned and captained by an Englishman by the name of Wright. Her cargo contained silks, muslins, sugar, iron, saltpeter, guns, and gold coin; a very rich prize. Lookouts aboard the ADVENTURE GALLEY spotted her in heavy seas off the Indian coast north of Cochin.

Kidd pursued her for four hours before finally drawing alongside and firing a shot across her bow, the French flag raised in another ruse. Receiving a French pass from the Royal French East Indian Company when inspecting her papers, Kidd hoisted his English flag and claimed her as a prize. Her Armenian ownersï¿½who were aboard shipï¿½offered to ransom the ship for roughly £3,000. Kidd, instead, sold the MERCHANT's cargo on shore for £10,000 and divided the money amongst his crew. He then sailed for Madagascar, known to be a haven for pirates, with both the NOVEMBER and the QUEDAH MERCHANT. When his ship was first taken, Captain Wright of the QUEDAH MERCHANT had sent a gunners mate over to the ADVENTURE GALLEY, posing as the MERCHANT's master. However, en route to Madagascar, his true identity was revealed. Kidd was shocked and dismayed. He had compromised himself and taken a vessel commanded by an Englishman. He promptly summoned his crew, proposing that they return the MERCHANT to Wright's command. His men, however, refused.

On April 01, 1698, the trio of vessels entered the harbor of St. Mary's Island, . . . and came face to face with a pirate ship: the MOCHA FRIGATE, commanded by Robert Culliford, himself a privateer turned pirate. Kidd urged his men to seize the MOCHA. They refused. Instead, they split the takings from the QUEDAH MERCHANT. An odd note is that Kidd's share was that usually accorded a privateerï¿½40 sharesï¿½rather than that of a pirate captainï¿½two shares. Following the division of the booty, all but 13 of his crew deserted and joined Culliford. They sacked and burned the NOVEMBER, and then stripped the ADVENTURE GALLEY and QUEDAH MERCHANT of guns, small arms, powder, shot, anchors, cables, and other miscellaneous items. During this pillaging, they also burned Kidd's log book and threatened him with murder. The captain, however, barricaded himself in his cabin.

It is not known how long he remained barricaded inside, but eventually, Kidd surrendered to Culliford, saving not only his own life, but that of the men who remained loyal to him. When the pirate sailed from St. Mary's nearly a month and a half later in mid-June, he left the ADVENTURE GALLEY and the QUEDAH MERCHANT unharmed, save for those items stolen from the deserting crewmen. The ADVENTURE GALLEY was now done for. She rested on a sandbar in the shallows, leaking and half full of water. Kidd burned her, fitting out the QUEDAH MERCHANT with what he could salvage from his stricken vessel. He then spent the next five months scrounging up a crew for the voyage home while waiting for the northeast monsoons which could blow him around the Cape of Good Hope. He weighed anchor on November 15, 1698, for the return voyage home. About this same time, a letter from the East India Company reached London, recounting several acts of piracy on Kidd's part. A squadron of vessels from the Royal Navy was dispatched to the Indian Ocean to capture him.

Orders went out to the American colonies to apprehend him should he turn up there. And the politicians now took the stage as the Tory opposition to Kidd's Whig party backers saw an opportunity to discredit them. Kidd was viewed as guilty by the public and the press by the time he arrived off of Anguilla in the Leeward Islands in April of 1699. Captain Kidd buries part of the treasure of the QUEDAH MERCHANT. Painting by Howard Pyle. Upon hearing of the devastating news that they had been declared pirates, Kidd's crew wanted to scuttle the QUEDAH MERCHANT and disband rather than enter an English port and be arrested. Kidd, however, believed in his innocence and in the men who had hired him for this mission. Confident in the French passes as evidence that he did not betray his commission, he sailed for New York to contact Lord Bellomont. Upon reaching the coast of Hispaniola, Kidd bought a trading sloop by the name of ANTONIO.

He transferred much of the MERCHANT's booty on board, and then with a crew of 12, sailed for New York, leaving the remainder of his crew to guard the QUEDAH MERCHANT up the Higuey River. The large merchantman had proven to be too conspicuous to approach the English-controlled American colonies. The ANTONIO offered a much-need anonymity. Kidd's trust in his backers, it seems, was beginning to fade, however. Prior to his meeting with Bellomont, he dispersed the remaining treasure amongst several widely scattered caches, the largest of which was buried in the orchard of Gardiner's Island at the eastern tip of Long Island. If taken into custody, the booty could serve to be a bargaining chip. Kidd's wife and two daughters joined him briefly for two weeks prior to his meeting with Bellomont. He made landfall in Boston on July 2, 1699. After interviewing the captain, Bellomont had him arrested and jailed at Stone Prison. His treasure was tracked down, recovered, and shipped back to London. On February 6, 1700, Kidd was brought aboard HMS ADVICE to be taken back to England for trial.

He arrived on April 11, was transferred to the royal yacht KATHERINE, and taken to Greenwich. He was incarcerated at Newgate Prison in London for over a year while awaiting trial. Newgate was known at that time for its filth and the primitive conditions in which its prisoners were forced to live. In March of 1701, Kidd was called before the House of Commons to testify. He was questioned about the involvement of the Whigs in his voyage. However, Kiddï¿½possibly not sensing the political intrigueï¿½continued only to proclaim his innocence. The House determined that he should be tried on May 08, 1701. Probably the most devastating blow to Kidd's case was the "misplacement" of the French passes that were to serve as the primary evidence that he had not turned to piracy, as the Prosecution claimed. His legal counsel was unable to consult with him until the morning of the trial. Whoever had "misplaced" the evidence had also neglected to forward to his legal advisors the £50 that the Admiralty had set aside to pay for his defense. Not only this, but Kidd could not testify in his own behalf.

And court procedures allowed only Kidd himself to cross-examine the King's witnesses (two crew members who had deserted him at Madagascar, joining the pirate Culliford) instead of his lawyers. Needless to say, Kidd was not a lawyer. Kidd was convicted of the murder of gunner William Moore, first and foremost. Standing trial beside him on five counts of piracy were nine of his former crewmen. He was convicted of piracy of the QUEDAH MERCHANT, the MAIDEN (renamed NOVEMBER), two Moorish vessels, and a Portuguese ship. Six of his crewmen were also found guilty. Three men were acquitted. Kidd maintained his innocence throughout the trial. At one point, following cross-examination of one of the two crewmen who had jumped ship and were now testifying against him, he asked "Mr. Bradinham, are not you promised your life to take away mine?" Upon the completion of the trial, he was asked if he could give any reason why he should not be put to death.

He responded "I have nothing to say but that I have been sworn against by perjured and wicked people." Prior to his execution, Kidd was visited often by Chaplain Paul Lorrain at Newgate Prison. Lorrain found him unwilling to confess his crimes or ask forgiveness from God. When brought to the gallows, the captain still maintained his innocence. But bad luck followed him to the bitter end. When the trap doors sprang open, Kidd fell, only to have the rope snap under his weight, and send him crashing to the ground. He was brought up the ladder once more and hanged a second time. Kidd's body was tarred and bound in chains, with his head encased in an iron frame, and left to hang at Tilbury Point on the Thames as a warning to would-be pirates. Only one of his six convicted crewmen was hanged. The other five were granted reprieves. Two of them returned to Pennsylvania after their release and retrieved a portion of the treasure from the QUEDAH MERCHANT; one of the caches missed by Bellomont's agents. The two crewmen who Wreckage of the ADVENTURE GALLEY Discovered At Last?

In the early part of 2000, underwater explorer Barry Clifford located what he believed to be the wreckage of the ill-fated ADVENTURE GALLEY at the tiny island of Sainte-Marie (St. Mary's Island) off the coast of Madagascar. Clifford and historian Ken Kinkor used court documents from Kidd's trial to lead a Discovery Channel team on three expeditions to Madagascar. During the course of the expeditions, Clifford and Kinkor used this information in tandem with satellite imaging to search the island harbor. They located the careening spot, a shallow area used to roll a ship onto its side to clean the hull and make repairs. While the wreckage found could not be conclusively identified as the remains of the ADVENTURE GALLEY, Clifford's team did find a veritable pirate ship graveyard. testified against Kidd were rewarded with pardons for their acts of piracy (both under Kidd and Culliford). Kidd's family lived in seclusion for a time in New York, but his wife eventually remarried and his daughters grew to have families of their own. Ironically, the missing French passes were later discovered in their proper place in the Public Records Office in London, . . .

some 219 years later in 1920. Pirate Ship - Overview of Different Pirate Ships Pirate Ship - List of Famous Pirate Ships Pirate Ships Top List Queen Anne's Revenge - Blackbeard There is no doubt that famous Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge is most famous pirate ship of all time. In November 1717, in the eastern Caribbean, Captain Benjamin Hornigold captured a 300-ton frigate, originally named Concord (Le Concorde de Nantes). This ship had 26 guns, and was captured from French merchants. Hornigold gave this ship to his first mate, Blackbeard, who renamed her to "The Queen Anne's Revenge". Upgraded pirate ship had 40 guns and carried 150 pirates. With The Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard made his famous act, when he blocked Charleston and captured 8 valuable vessels. The Queen Anne's Revenge was also famous for sea-battle victory over powerful warship, HMS "Scarborough". Ship sank near Beaufort, North Carolina in 1718.

The Queen Anne's Revenge was apparently found in late 1996 in the shoals of the Beaufort Inlet at Beaufort, NC. Since wreck site's discovery, researchers have attempted to determine whether it is the remains of this legendary pirate ship. Adventure Galley - Captain William Kidd The Adventure Galley was a specially designed galley-warship weighing over 284 tons, equipped with 34 cannons and 100 skillful crewmembers. Ship was given to famous pirate/privateer Captain Kidd by The King’s officers for attacks on pirates and French East Indian Co. ships in the Eastern Seas. The biggest sea-victory of this pirate ship was in January 1698 against an Armenian ship, Quedah Merchant, the treasure ship that belonged to the British East India Company. After that battle, Captain Kidd replaced The Adventure Galley with Quedah as his flagship. He left The Adventure Galley behind ordering her to be burnt because she was already rotten. Fancy - Henry Every Every was a middle-aged mate aboard Charles II, a powerful privateer ship.

Every organized mutiny and was selected as the new pirate captain of Charles II while they were anchored in La Coruña in 1694. He renamed ship "Fancy" and adjusted him. Fancy had 46-guns, carried 140 crew members and was one of the fastest vessels at that time. With this ship Every started two successful years of plundering throughout Indian Ocean, capturing every vessel in sight and spreading his villainous reputation across the seas. The biggest victory of this ship was against 40-gun Great Moguls flagship, Gang-i-Sawai. The Golden Hind (The Pelican) The Golden Hind captained by Sir Francis Drake was one of the most famous ships in sailing history. This ship took historic and exciting voyage around the World and was the only vessel to return from that expedition. The Golden Hind was galleon armed with 18 guns of various sizes and weighing about 100 tons. This flagship was originally known as the Pelican but Drake renamed her to "Golden Hind" during voyage in 1577 after Drake already lost two ships. The length of The Golden Hind voyage was 2 years, 10 months, and 18 days.

Many ships in popular culture have name and associations of The Golden Hind. Some other famous pirate ships include: Captain John Gow's merchant ship – Revenge (former Caroline); Captain Kidd's ship: Adventure Galley ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ Kidd was born into a reputable family in Greenock, Scotland. After war broke out between England and France, he showed courage in winning a French ship and saving English troops from destruction. Kidd settled in New York in 1691, at the age of forty-seven. There he's married and had two daughters. The marriage eventually brought to Kidd a considerable amount of property. During this time Kidd was respected as an honest, hard-working ship captain. He befriended many prominent colonial citizens, including three governors. Later that year, on orders from the province of New York, he captured an enemy privateer on the New England coast. Shortly thereafter, Kidd was awarded GBP150 for his outstanding privateer job in the Caribbean.

One year later, "Captain" Culliford, a notorious pirate, stole Kidd's ship while he was ashore at Antigua in the West Indies. Kidd was such a successful privateer in New York and the West Indies that he was called back to serve England. The King’s officers offered him a new powerful ship: the Adventure Galley. The Adventure Galley was well suited to the task of catching pirates; weighing over 284 tons, equipped with 34 cannons, and 150 men. Kidd took pride in personally selecting the crew. Unfortunately, soon after setting sail he was stopped by the HMS Duchess whose captain enlisted much of Kidd's crew for service in the navy. To make up for the lack of men, Kidd recruited a gang of cutthroats in New York. The vast majority of this group were hardened criminals, some former pirates. Adventure Galley sailed for Madagascar. Months went by, with no acceptable victims found, many crew members left Kidd. The remaining threatened mutiny, pressuring Kidd to turn pirate to attack any and all ships. Kidd refused, and a fight between him and the ship gunner erupted. Kidd killed the man.

After that incident, Kidd was changed, plundering ships of all kinds along India’s Malabar coast. Acts of savagery on Kidd’s part were reported by escaped prisoners, who told of being hoisted up by the arms and drubbed with a naked cutlass. Kidd was then declared pirate by the Royal Navy. On January 30, 1698 Adventure Galley took her greatest prize, the 400 ton Quedagh Merchant, which was loaded with valuable items and an incredible variety of East Indian merchandise. That vessel sailed under the French protection. When news reached England, the British East India Company declared Kidd a pirate. Various naval commanders were ordered to pursue and seize the Adventure Galley. On April 1, 1698, Adventure Galley reached Madagascar. Here Kidd found the first pirate of his voyage, Robert Culliford, (the same man who had stolen Kidd’s ship years before). Kidd ordered his men to attack but his men mutinied and joined the the enemy. Only 13 of Kidd’s men remained. Kidd had no choice but go home. Prior to returning to New York City, he learned that he was a wanted pirate.

With the help of his lawyer, he negotiated with the governor in Boston and eventually agreed to come in to town. Outside New York, Kidd buried the bulk of the treasure on Gardiner's Island and attempted to use it as a bargaining chip for a pardon. On July 6, 1699 Kidd was arrested. He was found guilty on all charges (murder and five counts of piracy.) Kidd was executed in 1701. He experienced a painful death: the hangman’s rope broke twice. His corpse was dipped in tar and displayed in an iron cage on the dock at Thames Estuary for two years as a warning to other would-be pirates. Captain Kidd's name is still associated with a supposed buried treasure on Oak Island, Nova Scotia. His story gave impetus to the never-ending treasure hunts on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Long Island in New York, Charles Island in Connecticut, and Thimble Islands in Connecticut. This belief made its contribution to literature in Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug and Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Adventure Galley was burnt in San Maria, a formidable pirate base. Her remains is still in the shallow bay of the island.

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ Famous Pirate Ships - Latin American History Famous Pirate Ships Latin American History Expert By Christopher Minster During the so-called "Golden Age of Piracy," thousands of pirates, buccaneers, corsairs and other scurvy sea dogs worked the seas, robbing merchantmen and treasure fleets. Many of these men, such as Blackbeard, " Black Bart" Roberts and Captain William Kidd became very famous and their names are synonymous with piracy. But what of their pirate ships ? Many of the ships these men used for their dark deeds became as famous as the men who sailed them. Here are a few famous pirate ships . The Queen Anne's Revenge. Joseph Nicholls, 1736 1. Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge Edward "Blackbeard" Teach was one of the most feared pirates in history. In November of 1717 he captured La Concorde, a massive French slave trader.

He refitted the Concorde, mounting 40 cannons on board and renaming her Queen Anne's Revenge. With a 40-cannon warship, Blackbeard ruled the Caribbean and the eastern coast of North America. In 1718, the Queen Anne's Revenge ran aground and was abandoned. In 1996 searchers found a sunken ship they believe to be the Queen Anne's Revenge in the waters off of North Carolina : some items including a bell and an anchor are on display in local museums. More » continue reading below our video 10 Best Universities in the United States Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts. Engraving by Benjamin Cole (1695-1766) 2. Bartholomew Roberts’ Royal Fortune Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts was one of the most successful pirates of all time, capturing and looting hundreds of ships over a three-year career. He went through several flagships during this time, and he tended to name them all Royal Fortune. The largest Royal Fortune was a 40-cannon behemoth manned by 157 men and it could slug it out with any Royal Navy ship of the time.

Roberts was aboard this Royal Fortune when he was killed in battle against the Swallow in February of 1722. Pirate. Howard Pyle (1853-1911) 3. Sam Bellamy’s Whydah In February of 1717, pirate Sam Bellamy captured the Whydah (or Whydah Gally), a large British slave trader. He was able to mount 28 cannons on her and for a short while terrorized Atlantic shipping lanes. The pirate Whydah did not last long, however: it was caught up in a horrendous storm off of Cape Cod in April of 1717 - barely two months after Bellamy first captured her. The wreck of the Whydah was discovered in 1984 and thousands of artifacts have been recovered, including the ship's bell. Many of the artifacts are on display in a museum in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Stede Bonnet. Artist unknown 4. Stede Bonnet’s Revenge Major Stede Bonnet was a most unlikely pirate.

He was a wealthy plantation owner from Barbados with a wife and family when suddenly, at about the age of 30, he decided to become a pirate. He is probably the only pirate in history to ever buy his own ship: in 1717 he outfitted a ten-gun sloop he named the Revenge. Telling the authorities he was going to get a privateering license, he instead went pirate immediately upon leaving the harbor. After losing a battle, the Revenge met up with Blackbeard, who used it for a while as Bonnet "rested." Betrayed by Blackbeard, Bonnet was captured in battle and executed on December 10, 1718. Kidd on the Deck of the Adventure Galley. Illustration by Howard Pyle (circa 1900) 5. Captain William Kidd’s Adventure Galley In 1696, Captain William Kidd was a rising star in seafaring circles. In 1689 he had captured a large French prize while sailing as a privateer, and he later married a wealthy heiress. In 1696, he convinced some wealthy friends to fund a privateering expedition.

He outfitted the Adventure Galley, a 34-gun monster, and went into the business of hunting French vessels and pirates. He had little luck, however, and his crew forced him to turn pirate not long after he set sail. Hoping to clear his name, he returned to New York and turned himself in, but he was hanged anyway. Henry Avery. Artist Unknown 6. Henry Avery’s Fancy In 1694, Henry Avery was an officer on board the Charles II , an English ship in service to the King of Spain. After months of poor treatment, the sailors on board were ready to mutiny, and Avery was ready to lead them. On May 7, 1694, Avery and his fellow mutineers took over the Charles II, renamed her the Fancy and went pirate. They sailed to the Indian Ocean , where they struck it big: in July of 1695 they captured the Ganj-i-Sawai, the treasure ship of the Grand Moghul of India. It was one of the largest scores ever made by pirates. Avery sailed back to the Caribbean where he sold off most of the treasure: he then disappeared from history but not from popular legend. George Lowther.

Public Domain Image 7. George Lowther’s Delivery George Lowther was a second mate on board the Gambia Castle, a mid-sized English Man of War, when she sailed for Africa in 1721. The Gambia Castle was bringing a garrison to a fortress on the African coast. When they arrived, the soldiers found that their accommodations and provisions were unacceptable. Lowther had fallen out of favor with the captain, and convinced the unhappy soldiers to join him in mutiny. They took over the Gambia Castle, renamed her Delivery, and set out to engage in piracy. Lowther had a relatively long career as a pirate, and eventually traded the Delivery for a more seaworthy ship. Lowther died marooned on a desert island after losing his ship.

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